Thirsty Business

Who drinks on the job these days?

Conversation with a Cocktail Epicure

Alberta Straub, once described as “the Alice Waters of booze,” has been mixing up sublime adult beverages made with herbs, spices, and fresh fruits and vegetables for the past six years at San Francisco’s Orbit...

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Kosher for Passover Pepsi isn’t the only one sweetened with cane sugar. They have a product called Pepsi Throwback, another called Pepsi Natrual and probably a few others in the confusingly large number of American Pepsi...

Has anyone tried the new Pepsi Natural in glass bottles? Does it taste different than the Pepsi Throwback sweetened with cane sugar?

Is the Pepsi throwback made with pure cane sugar? That is the taste differential in my book. I’ve been told that Coca Cola distributes product made with pure cane sugar around certain religious holidays. I found a stash in...

Does anyone know where to find these? I went on the Pepsi website and it says Pepsi Throwback isn’t in a 50 mile radius of West La. That must be a mistake though...I hope. Any help would be great...

Well, Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi. And not because of the taste. Because at the supermarkets in my area, I have a choice between 2 liter Diet Pepsi's for $1.59 or 1.5 liter Diet Coke for $1.39. Every time I bought one, I felt like I...

I read that Passover Coke and Pepsi (with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup) would be available in 2 litre bottles and in cans. Saw loads of 2 litre bottles in the Red Hook Pathmark and Fairway, but cannot find the...

It looks like Pepsi is trying to get more into the kosher market. Check out the following article: http://www.flexnews.com/pages/10810/Pepsi/israels_strauss_pepsico_talks_sabra.html

We used to park at 16th and Lawrence and walk to the Pepsi Center for games all of the time. If are willing to walk 10 minutes to the game, your options will expand dramatically by picking a place in Larimer Square. There you...

I usually bake with diet Pepsi. I sub it for oil in cake and muffin recipes, and it works great. Keeps everything light. Sometimes I use diet ginger ale, or diet cherry cola (depends on the flavour of the cake).

Lounge Lizard

A smooth, slinky combination of dark rum and amaretto.